פָּקִיד
pâqîyd · paw-keed'
a superintendent (civil, military or religious)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6485 (פָּקַד);
a superintendent (civil, military or religious)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: which had the charge, governor, office, overseer, (that) was set.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in
To speak, the word of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּקִיד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- officers2 · 15%
- his officer1 · 8%
- that was set1 · 8%
- officer1 · 8%
- were overseers1 · 8%
- was their overseer1 · 8%
- and their overseer1 · 8%
- the overseer1 · 8%
- their overseer1 · 8%
- who was also chief1 · 8%
- that ye should be officers1 · 8%
- which had the charge1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.